Highway to Hell
AC/DC · 1979
Staple driving rock groove for learning steady time and quarter-note feel.
- Artist
- AC/DC
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- Phil Rudd
- Tempo
- 116 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
70bpm
Building
92bpm
Target
116bpm
The feel
A straight 8ths in 4/4 around 116 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
Form
Intro · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Guitar Solo · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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